The drama centers on a crime family in Birmingham, England’s second largest city, after WWI. Neill plays a ruthless new police chief sent to bring down the family, whose matriarch is limned by McCrory.

Neill, whose credits include “Jurassic Park” and “The Piano,” was recently attached to Pascal Chaumeil’s “A Long Way Down.” McCrory’s credits include “Hugo” and the “Harry Potter” franchise.

The six-part series was created by Steven Knight, who penned Stephen Frears’ “Dirty Pretty Things” and David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises,” as well as co-creating the gameshow “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”